Bring back The Elmers

Yes, I know LinuxCon is next, and that’s in mid-August, but I think they’ve got the publicity thing covered, especially with the 20-year thing and with Linus being there and all. But if you’re going to the next show, make it the Ohio LinuxFest in September. Bradley Kuhn and Cathy Malmrose are keynoting, so you’ll not want to miss that (especially Cathy — Go ZaReason!)

Brian Proffitt posted an excellent story from LinuxCon North America this morning expanding on the FUD — Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, for those of you keeping score at home — that has followed Linux over the past 20 years.

Back in 2007, I proposed — and had a list of nominees — having an award called The Elmers. This award, of course, was named after Elmer Fudd (two Ds, I know), and is given to those who presented the most outrageous and ridiculous FUD. I even missed some of the more classic FUDmeisters in the first item, so I corrected that here.

Now if we could only get Rob Enderle and Ken Hess to be presenters . . . .

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